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Den Meeting Opening Flag Ceremony
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Den Meeting Opening Flag Ceremony

An opening flag ceremony for den meetings.

Specifications

Indoor

4

2

2

Learn more about presentation specifications here.

Den or Pack

Den level ceremony

Supply List

  • Printer
  • Printed copy of the ceremony script
  • American Flag
  • Den Flag
  • Flag Stands

Set-Up:

Print the ceremony script before the meeting.  Before Cub Scouts arrive, place the flag stands on either side of the “stage”.  Determine which Cub Scouts will act as color guard and carry the American flag and the den flag.  Den Leader positions the color guard at the back of the room.  The Cub Scout carrying the American flag stands on the left (when facing the stage) and the Cub Scout carrying the den flag stands on the right (when facing the stage).

Directions

Before the Ceremony
  1. Print the ceremony script.
  2. Place the flag stands on either side of the “stage”.
  3. Determine which Cub Scouts will carry the American flag and the den flag.
  4. Den Leader positions the color guard at the back of the room.  The Cub Scout carrying the American flag stands on the left (when facing the stage) and the Cub Scout carrying the den flag stands on the right (when facing the stage).
During the Ceremony
Download PDF Script

1. Speaker follows the script.

 

“SPEAKER:  Color Guard, attention.  Den, attention.  Will the audience please rise.  (Wait for everyone to stand up.)

 

SPEAKER:  Color Guard, advance.  Scout Salute.  (Wait for the Color Guard to walk forward.)

 

SPEAKER:  (When the Color Guard gets past the audience.)  Color Guard, Halt.  Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.  “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

 

SPEAKER:  Color Guard, post the colors.  (Color guard places flags into flag stands; American flag to the left of the stage, den flag to the right of the stage.)

 

SPEAKER:  Two.  (Put down Scout Salute.)

 

SPEAKER:  Scout Sign.  (Put up Cub Scout sign.)  Please join me in the Scout Oath & Law.  “On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.”  “A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.” 

 

SPEAKER:  Two.  (Put down Scout Sign.)

 

SPEAKER:  Color Guard, retreat.  (Color Guard walks back to where they started.)”

 

2. Everyone returns to their seats.

Additional Resources

Den Meeting Opening Flag Ceremony

Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.